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NAICS 492
Couriers and messengers




Employers: 2007
Table includes only establishments of firms with payroll. Nonemployers are shown below. Introductory text includes scope, methodology, non-sampling error, and confidentiality protection. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
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NAICS
code
Description Estab-
lish-
ments
Revenue
($1,000)
Annual
payroll
($1,000)
Paid
employees
Go to this NAICS 48-49 Transportation and warehousing 219,706 639,916,407 173,183,073 4,454,383
  492 Couriers and messengers 13,004 77,876,714 20,430,622 557,195
Go to this NAICS 4921 Couriers and express delivery services 8,670 74,391,846 19,526,257 519,845
Go to this NAICS 4922 Local messengers and local delivery 4,334 3,484,868 904,365 37,350


Nonemployers: 2007
Data based on 2007 Nonemployer Statistics. Table includes only firms subject to federal income tax. Nonemployers are businesses with no paid employees. Introductory text includes scope and methodology. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.
NAICS
code
NAICS Title
All firms Nonemployers Employers
Establish-
ments
Receipts ($1,000) Establishments Receipts Establish-
ments
Revenue ($1,000)
Number % of all $1,000 % of all
48-49 Transportation and warehousing 1,302,845 706,549,345 1,083,139 83.1 66,632,938 9.4 219,706 639,916,407
492 Couriers and messengers 203,546 82,389,255 190,542 93.6 4,512,541 5.5 13,004 77,876,714
N = Not available

Nonemployer Impact for NAICS 492
Couriers and messengers

Establishments Revenue

Note: Nearly all other statistics shown or linked on these pages are limited to employers, leaving out the nonemployer firms shown above. The only other statistics that include nonemployers are from the Survey of Business Owners. See the "2007 Economic Census: Links to AFF" tab.

 
 
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